Henry Shaw
BRIGGS
(b.
1 August 1824
,
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
d.
23 September 1887
,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Henry Shaw BRIGGS was born 1 August 1824 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
Henry Shaw BRIGGS was the child of ? and ?Henry Shaw was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Henry Shaw BRIGGS died 23 September 1887 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
son of George Nixon Briggs
m. Mary Elizabeth Talcott, 6 August 1849
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Henry Shaw BRIGGS was a brigadier general during American Civil War.
Henry Shaw BRIGGS was a brigadier general during American Civil War.
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1824 Birth 1 August 1824
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1887 Death 23 September 1887
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 63.
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Henry is buried at: Pittsfield Cemetery
203 Wahconah St
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)
(413) 447-7953
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